(2.25.2005) Hitting on Your Co-Workers Could Be A Good Thing Study suggests sexual banter could help reinforce camaraderie and improve productivity (2.25.2005) Bank of America Loses 1.2 Million Government Credit Card Records (2.25.2005) SimCity-Like Game Tests Epidemiology Conclusion: If it's smallpox, the proper response is different from inhalable plague. It all depends on the disease. Sometimes mass vaccinations make sense, other times you just need to quarantine a handful of people and tell a few others to stay home. The EpiSims website has some specific graphs, while the CDC says this year's flu season peaked at the start of February. (2.25.2005) Women Really Do Read Maps Differently From Men And a couple of other conclusions about how brains work...even when a man has a "woman's" brain (2.25.2005) Firefox 1.0.1 Released Includes security improvements (2.25.2005) Military Kicking Out Fewer Gays Than Before Lowest rate since 1996; total of 1,227 discharged for that reason since September 11, 2001. GAO says "don't ask, don't tell" cost about $95 million in the last decade; DoD says it's a "small fraction of unprogrammed separations". (2.25.2005) India Expects 7% Growth in 2005 Government economic survey calls for big cuts in subsidies and lower tax rates. Sounds like the kind of platform that could get someone elected in the US. (2.25.2005) Additional Iron Can Help Reduce Phosphorus Runoff Note for the ag industry, where manure and compost high in phosphorus are used as fertilizer (2.25.2005) If Horses Become Glue, Chickens Can Become Plastic USDA researchers have figured out how to turn chicken feathers into biodegradable plastic, similar to polyethylene and polypropylene |